"Who are you? What kind of bird are these wings?"
"Is this some kind of ability from the Bird-Bird Fruit? Why have I never seen or encountered this before?"
In the fish belly of Lord Lantern, a pair of golden wings appeared behind Ji Guoyuan, and he quickly shuttled through the fish's stomach with Miskina Ashiye.
Under their feet was an endless ocean of gastric acid, which isolated the three stomachs in the lantern fish's belly, and the air was filled with a sour and rotten smell.
The lantern fish's stomach has developed an ecosystem distinct from the outside world. Undigested island matter, like "stones" in the human body, has become firmly embedded in the skin and flesh. The island's vegetation also appears to have adapted to the low pH environment and thrives.
Miskina Asiye, who has lived here for nearly two hundred years, rarely sets foot on the island. He has also tried to find a way to go outside, but there are huge risks in leaving here. Because of this, he lives a life like a savage on the island.
The appearance of Yoriichi Tsugikuni brought some ripples to his stagnant life.
Facing such a stranger, it was impossible for Miskina Ashiye to fully trust him, but the other survivor mentioned by Ji Guoyuan brought some light to Miskina Ashiye's dark life.
Could it be his own daughter?
I don't know, the possibility is very small, but it is not impossible.
His daughter was wearing a pure gold ring made by Nena, so if nothing unexpected happened, it would not be impossible for her to survive.
He chose to ask Ji Guoyuan to take him off the island just to try this tiny possibility.
Miskina Ashiye's heart was filled with emotions, but on the surface he was trying his best to control his emotions. He even had the leisure to wonder about Tsugikuni Yoshiichi's current appearance.
He was once a scientist who had searched many ways to cure his daughter's illness. Devil Fruits were known as the secret treasures of the sea, so he naturally knew a lot about them.
However, according to the devil fruit encyclopedia he obtained, none of the abilities matched Yoriichi Tsugikuni's current strength.
"It's the power of a devil fruit."
"This ocean is huge, isn't it? It's quite normal for there to be Devil Fruits that haven't been discovered yet."
Yoriichi didn't directly answer Miskina Asiye's question, but explained with a smile.
Miskina Ashiye's body is like a fog, which arouses some interest in Yoriichi Tsugikuni. He will contact the survivors here. His main purpose is to find a way to leave here.
If possible, Tsugikoku Yoshiichi didn't want to risk breaking open the fish's belly and leaving.
After seeing the island just now, an idea came to Tsugikuni Yoshiichi's mind. If they could control this fish and build a base inside its belly, then their new navy would have a super fortress that could move in the sea.
This is a giant comparable to an elephant, if they can coexist.
Yoriichi's thoughts at this time actually coincided with Vegapunk's. If such a plan could be realized, the World Government would no longer be a threat.
Both Tsugikoku Yoshiichi and Miskina Asiye were thinking about their own things and did not talk anymore.
Amidst the howling strong wind, an island appeared in their sight.
Unlike the lushly vegetated island where Miskina Asiye was located, the beach of the island that appeared in front of the two of them was bare. Moss only appeared after extending dozens of meters into the island, and green vegetation only appeared after dozens of meters.
The beach was covered with the white corpses of fish and sea beasts, which looked eerie and terrifying.
"Is there really anyone on an island like this?"
Miskina Asiye looked at the scene on the beach, frowned, and asked worriedly. This was different from the island he was on. It didn't look suitable for living.
The reason for this is that the gastric acid in this stomach is more corrosive than that in the previous stomach, which greatly increases the difficulty for vegetation to survive.
But the center of the island, far away from the sea of stomach acid, is still lush and green, with the scent of many living creatures in the forest.
"Someone's."
Jiguo Yuanyi and Miskina Ashiye did not land on the beach, but instead dived directly into the forest.
He was not afraid of any unknown dangers contained therein. Since the survivors on the island could survive in the forest, there was no reason why he would not be able to deal with those unknown dangers.
After entering the forest, Jigoku Yoriichi quickly put Miskina Ashiye down, looked around the surrounding environment, nodded secretly in his heart, and then took Miskina Ashiye through the beast path and walked towards the depths of the island.
I don't know how long I walked, but a faint smell of meat suddenly came from the depths of the jungle. Such a smell seemed extremely abrupt in such a primeval forest. Miskina Asiye's eyes lit up, and he quickly passed Jiguo Yuanyi and quickened his pace.
Pushing aside layers of bushes, Miskina Asiye came to a clearing. In this clearing in the forest, there was a simple small shelter. A ragged blonde girl was sitting by the fire with a lizard as tall as a man, roasting unknown animal meat.
The movement in the woods startled the girl and the lizard. They stood up warily and looked in the direction of Miskina Asiye.
At one glance, both Miskina Asiye and her daughter were stunned.
"Olga?"
"Is that you, Olga?"
Miskina Asiye looked at the girl's face, moved his lips, and spoke in disbelief.
Did he not recognize his daughter? No, no matter how much time had passed, he would never forget what his daughter looked like. Moreover, Olga's appearance had not changed at all since they parted ways.
Apart from being a little slovenly, Olga has not changed at all.
Asiya just couldn't believe that what was happening before his eyes was real.
"Father, father?"
Olga's face was also full of astonishment at this time, staring blankly at the middle-aged man in the "dinosaur suit" not far away.
Her father has gained weight compared to before, but his voice is still deeply engraved in Olga's mind even after so many years.
Miskina Asiye burst into tears. He had never expected that he would be able to meet his daughter again one day. A hundred years of life had already numbed his nerves. But the moment he saw his daughter, he could no longer suppress the emotions in his heart and ran directly towards Olga.
Ji Guoyuan walked out of the dense forest lightly, intending not to disturb the touching moment of the father-daughter reunion, but he did not expect that
“Bang!!”
A crisp slapping sound was heard in the forest. When her father wanted to hug her, Olga was stunned for a moment before slapping Miskina Asiye hard in the face, leaving Asiye stunned.
A burning pain came from his cheek, and Ah Xiye stared blankly at his daughter in front of him with anger on her face, full of confusion.
"It's you! You killed Mom!"
"You're the one who killed everyone in Alkami!"
"It's your fault, it's all your fault!"
Olga's heart was pounding and tears were pouring down her face. She roared at the top of her lungs and beat Ashiye's chest.
His daughter's words brought back memories that had been buried deep in his brain. Asiye did not explain or resist, but just silently endured his daughter's complaints.
"Alkemi." Jiguo Yuanyi heard an unfamiliar place name from the brief conversation between the father and daughter. He said it in his heart and left quietly without any intention of watching the fun.
Although he didn't know what happened between the father and daughter, Yuanyi knew that they needed some time to spend together, and as an outsider, he shouldn't disturb them.
Yuanyi left and searched in this primeval forest. He wanted to "feel out the situation" to see if this place was suitable for building a scientific research base.
The island is very big and there are no particularly large carnivorous beasts on it. The girl named Olga was able to survive probably thanks to this.
The first thing that Yunyi was looking for was fresh water. If the fresh water resources on the island were scarce, no matter how good the other conditions were, it would probably not be easy to establish a base.
However, this concern was resolved once Jiguo Yuanyi found a river.
This is a col, which seems to be the lowest point of the island. Following the river upstream, Jigoku Yuanyi found the source of the river after climbing over a small hill.
A lake appeared in Yunyi's sight, surrounded by birdsong and flowers, looking like a paradise, which formed a sharp contrast with the desolation on the edge of the island.
There are springs at the bottom of the lake, from which a constant supply of fresh water gushes out.
I don't know what the Lantern Master's body structure is like, but the primary purpose of producing this fresh water is probably to neutralize stomach acid. Regardless of the source of the fresh water, the ecosystem here clearly has the foundation for a base.
Beside the lake, there lives a group of lizards, which appear to be the same species as Olga's "mount".
Yuanyi walked along the edge of the lake, on the lawn, looking around.
Soon, a small tree growing alone by the lake caught the attention of Yoriichi Tsugikuni.
The small tree was bare, with lush branches but no leaves. Even the ground three or four meters around the tree was bare, without even any grass.
But what is strange is that on the top of this small tree, which is more than one meter high, there is a huge yellow fruit. The surface of the fruit is like the moon, uneven, but the overall shape can barely be considered a "sphere", and the skin is covered with cloud patterns that are familiar to Ji Guoyuan.
It turned out to be a devil fruit.
The devil fruit seemed to have a strange magical power, tempting Yuichiro Tsugumi to come forward.
Slowly approaching, Ji Guoyuan took a look at the strange fruit in front of him, then reached out and picked the fruit with the stem.
"There are actually devil fruits in a place like this."
"And it's a fruit I've never seen before."
"It's truly a secret treasure of the sea, truly bizarre."
Ji Guoyuan looked carefully at the devil fruit in his hand, but could not find a corresponding fruit picture in his mind.
It seems that it should be a new species that has not been included in the atlas.
After looking at it for a long time, Jigoku Yoshiichi cut some branches, quickly weaved them into a simple branch basket, put the devil fruit in it, and left.
He already had a general idea of the environment on the island, and now it was time to go back and see the father and daughter.
I don’t know what happened to those two people.
This trip actually had such an unexpected gain, which Ji Guoyuan had not expected at the beginning. After rushing back to the camp,
Ahie and Olga, father and daughter, were already snuggling together by the fire, reminiscing about their lives over the years.
Although the two of them live on different stomach islands of Lord Lantern, hardship is not the biggest enemy, loneliness is. With the reunion of father and daughter, all the hardships are nothing when looking back.
Tsugikoku Yoshiichi did not hide his tracks, nor did he eavesdrop on the conversation between the father and daughter with malicious intent.
When he walked out of the forest, Ahiya, who was sitting on the wooden bench, stood up hurriedly and led his daughter to bow deeply to Jiguo Yuanyi, thanking him:
"Thank you, thank you!"
"Tsugikoku Yoriichi, if it weren't for you, my daughter and I would probably never have been able to meet in this lifetime."
"Thank you, thank you!"
Asiye thanked him repeatedly. Although he and his daughter were both stranded in the stomach island, the sea of gastric acid completely blocked the lives of the father and daughter.
If Tsugikuni Yoriichi had not appeared, even if Asiya knew where his daughter was, he would not have been able to cross this sea of stomach acid.
In response to his thanks, Tsugikoku Yoshiichi nodded gently, as if accepting the other party's generous gift.
"Congratulations on your father-daughter reunion."
"Ashiye, can you tell me? Why are you and your daughter here?"
"Is there really no way to leave here?"
"You should know some of my abilities. If there is a way to the outside world, I can take you out with me."
Facing Tsugakuin Yoshiichi's question, Ahiya was silent for a while, as if he was struggling with whether to tell Tsugakuin Yoshiichi the truth. But soon, Ahiya made up his mind.
In order to express his gratitude to Yuichiro Tsuchikuni for reuniting him with his daughter, it would not be a big deal even if he told Yuichiro Tsuchikuni the truth.
"My daughter and I originally lived in Alkami."
"Haha, you haven't heard of Alcaime?"
"Alkemi was eaten by Lantern-sama—"
“.”
During the conversation with Yoriichi, Ahiya told Yoriichi Tsugikuni his origins. At the same time, he also revealed the secret of his nearly two hundred years of life to Yoriichi.
The century-long nightmare caused by pure gold has made Asiye's life fall apart. At this moment, he can finally let go of everything and talk about the pain that has accumulated in his heart.
"O Immortal—"
"Is it really okay to tell such a secret to an outsider like me?"
"If the news gets leaked, you and your daughter might not have a peaceful life anymore."
Something like pure gold is essentially an elixir of life. I'm afraid no one in this world can resist such temptation.
Even he, Yoriichi Tsugikuni, was shocked.
"It doesn't matter. I've figured it out. I'll live longer."
"Haha, even if you live like that for ten thousand years, you'll just be a walking corpse. What's the point?!"
"As long as I can be with my daughter, even if it's only for 30 or 40 years, I will be very satisfied!"
"Even death is nothing to be afraid of!"
After reuniting with his daughter, Asiye's mood was different. It seemed that hundreds of years of primitive life of eating raw meat and drinking blood had changed his perception of the world.
"Really? After you leave here and return to the colorful world, your thoughts will change."
Yunyi didn't say this out loud, and just smiled and shook his head at what Ashiye said.
Leave everything to time.
However, for Yuichiro Tsugikuni, the secret of pure gold is very important!
"Ashiye, I want to get pure gold, can you help me?"
"In exchange, I will shelter you and your daughter and let you live a normal life."
"Even if someone discovers the secret of your eternal life one day, I will protect you."
Yuichiro didn't beat around the bush and directly expressed his desire to obtain pure gold.
Ah Xiye was slightly startled when he heard this, then smiled and shook his head. This was just something he had expected, so he wasn't surprised.
"I will give you pure gold."
"But if we can get out, we just want to live the life of an ordinary person."
As he spoke, Ahiya actually took off his dinosaur suit, took off the ring from his finger, placed it in his palm and stared at it for a long time, and then handed it to Yuichiro Tsugikuni.
"This ring is inlaid with pure gold. Its power will attract Lord Lantern and bring disaster. If I carry it with me, even if I manage to escape from here, I will eventually be devoured by Lord Lantern again."
"Pure gold, I'll give it to you! Consider it my repayment and gratitude for your kindness."
The pure golden hair embedded in the inside of the ring shone brightly. The moment the light rose, the entire island began to shake violently. The stomach acid ocean in the distance surged with waves, and the entire space began to become turbulent.
Tsugikoku Yoshiichi did not refuse. He reached out to take it and pressed the pure gold light thoughtfully. As the light disappeared, the fish stomach also calmed down.
Gently stroking the ring and carefully feeling the power of pure gold, Jiguo Yuanyi suddenly sighed:
"Is immortality the source of disaster, or the key to ending the Age of Exploration?!"
Yunyi looked deep in thought.
Can mass-producing immortals calm the ocean? I'm afraid it will only make it more chaotic.
Take Yoriichi for example, can he ignore the power of immortality?
Without side effects - eternal life.
Stroking the ring in his hand, Yunyi already had the answer in his heart.
He wants to see with his own eyes the world become the ideal world in his mind!
(End of this chapter)
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